“Our ambitious plans to create a new £32m learning, living, working, leisure and cultural destination for the North West entered an exciting new stage this week,” announced Councillor Iqbal, Leader of Pendle Council. Planning permission has been granted for 52 apartments in the iconic Victorian mill...
In-Situ, a non-for-profit arts organisation based in Pendle has been successful in a bid to become part of Arts Council England’s prestigious National Portfolio of arts and cultural organisations in Lancashire, which will bring £556,000 investment into Pendle over the next four years from 2018-2022. This exciting...
Principal Amanda Melton and Pendle Council’s Leader, Councillor Mohammed Iqbal, got a preview on progress as work to create a new Lancashire Adult Learning Centre at Northlight motors on. Work stopped for just 30 minutes today (Monday 12 December) as they saw how the transformation of...
“This week marks a huge step forward for Northlight as we start major work on site!” That’s the message from Councillor Mohammed Iqbal, Chairman of PEARL and Leader of Pendle Council. Councillor Iqbal, who leads on economic development for Pendle said: “I’m absolutely thrilled that all of...
The first major highway scheme in a programme of improvements to boost access to employment areas and future housing sites along the M65 corridor between Blackburn and Colne has been completed. The £12.1m programme of work to junctions and nearby local roads from junction 7 at...
The spotlight is on Northlight, Brierfield as Government Minister for Universities, Science and Cities, Greg Clark, visits this Friday 16 January. He’ll be the fifth minister to visit Northlight to discuss the masterplan in less than a year. The most recent visit has been from Secretary of...
Plans for landmark Mill receive Ministerial approval The Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable, MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills yesterday visited Brierfield Mill to see for himself the enormous potential the iconic landmark offers. He was met by the Leader of Pendle Council, Councillor...